Try not to turn your life into a race, least of all an obstacle race.
A woman who does not become the slave of just one man becomes the slave of all men.
Life is a dangerous adventure, says the American, and he is half right: life is dangerous, but it's not an adventure.
The man who gets drunk in peacetime is a coward. The man who gets drunk in wartime goes on being a coward.
Better than succeeding little by little is failing at one go.
In love, it is the weak who strike and the strong who caress.